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We just completed a three month investigation of China’s largest expat portal that gets over 50,000 hits a week after a rash of “coincidences” of identity theft victims in China made us smell something foul. We had opened some fake accounts and applied for a variety of jobs at ECC only to discover that many […]

You cannot legally work on the above visa! For more than a decade over 20,000 expat foreign teachers were working illegally on tourist, student, and business visas. If caught the worse you could expect was a fine, a stern warning, and 30 days to get legal (obtain a Z work visa). Times have changed […]

Only five years ago, it was fairly easy to spot a Chinese investment fraud after only a few dozen victims told their stories. The red flags were easy to spot… unsolicited business contact from a prospective Chinese partner or investor, invitations to visit China, quick and easy negotiations, etc. Within a year scam warnings were […]

You’d have to be a blind man living in a Mongolian cave without internet access not to notice the obvious – China has become a haven for fraud, almost on the same level as Nigeria. However scams that originate from China are far more devious, sophisticated and costly. Whereas a Nigerian scam may cost a […]

This was received from the CFTU and is being published verbatim… Happy Chinese New Year to you and yours. We want your China adventure to be a positive one – perhaps a dream come true for you. But if you are not alert to the facts, your dream can quickly become a nightmare. We urge […]

Many lonely and single foreigners working far away from home here in China, too often get lonely and eventually cannot resist the singles ads on the big five Beijing and Shanghai internet portals which collectively have over 2,000 available women all claiming to be searching for true love and marriage on any given day. One […]